If an <option> element's value contains the " character, an incorrect value is stored in data-val

[gavacho]

Pretty sure this is the line of code before-which special cases need to be handled

                // Uses Array.join instead of string concatenation for speed
                currentItem.push(optgroupElement + '<li id="' + index + '" data-val="' + this.value + '" data-disabled="' + dataDisabled + '" class="' + optgroupClass + '"><a><i class="' + iconClass + '"></i>' + $(this).text() + '</a></li>');

[gfranko]

Would you mind creating a jsbin or jsfiddle to show me when this would cause an issue? If the value of a select box option is correctly formatted, then I can't seem to wrap my head around when this would break.

[gavacho]

Here ya go.

http://jsfiddle.net/gavacho/GNb6G/1/

(updated to include another example)

[gfranko]

I just updated SelectBoxIt so that it applies HTML attribute encoding for quotes inside of option values.

Here is your updated jsfiddle. Let me know if you run into any issues. Thanks!